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diff --git a/chapter08/ninja.xml b/chapter08/ninja.xml index 0fe0ccb73..4f3a25e88 100644 --- a/chapter08/ninja.xml +++ b/chapter08/ninja.xml @@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ <title>Installation of Ninja</title> <para>When run, ninja normally runs a maximum number of processes - in parallel. By default this is the number of cores on the system + in parallel. By default this is the number of cores on the system plus two. In some cases this can overheat a CPU or run a system out of memory. If run from the command line, passing a -jN parameter will limit the number of parallel processes, but some packages embed the execution of ninja and do not pass a -j parameter.</para> <para>Using the <emphasis>optional</emphasis> procedure below allows a user to - limit the number of parallel processes via an environment variable, + limit the number of parallel processes via an environment variable, NINJAJOBS. <emphasis role="bold">For example</emphasis>, setting: <screen>export NINJAJOBS=4</screen> will limit ninja to four parallel processes.</para> - <para>If desired, add the capability to use the environment variable + <para>If desired, add the capability to use the environment variable NINJAJOBS by running:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/int Guess/a \ |